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A mohel performs a circumcision during a bris (or brit milah) ceremony. (Cheskel Dovid/Wikimedia CC BY 3.0)
Posted inMixed & Matched

Circumcision is still a volatile topic. Can the divide be bridged?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler January 28, 2020
D’li the water bucket, AKA Aquarius, the sign of the Jewish people, in a 1322 German prayerbook.
Posted inReligion

Month of Shevat: Old gives way to new

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude January 27, 2020
From left to right: Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Amy Klobuchar. Bottom: image of the White House as reflected in the reflective pool. (Getty Images/JTA Montage)
Posted inThe Tell

It’s candidate endorsement season

by Ron Kampeas and JTA January 24, 2020
“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

Moses was full of doubt. God trusted him anyway.

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein January 24, 2020January 23, 2020
Michelle Greenebaum helps parents introduce new vegetables to their children. (Ken Greenebaum)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

She helps kids and parents eat healthier by cooking together

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 23, 2020February 19, 2020
From the cover of “Yaffa and Fatima: Shalom, Salaam” by Fawzia Gilani-Williams.
Posted inOff the Shelf

In the 2010s, Jewish children’s books diversified but emphasized classic values

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman January 22, 2020February 20, 2020
Alex Cohen's unusual bat mitzvah party. (Cohen is in the bottom row, second from right.)
Posted inLifecycles

Celebrating her bat mitzvah with a food tour of the Mission

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 21, 2020February 19, 2020
Gwyneth Paltrow in "Goop Lab" on Netflix.
Posted inCelebrity Jews

‘Nanny: The Musical’; Gwyneth Paltrow’s ‘Goop’; farewell to Buck Henry

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 21, 2020January 21, 2020
The cover of the first issue of Captain America, published in 1941, famously features Captain America giving Hitler what for.
Posted inJew in the Pew

Is it permitted to punch a Nazi? Consult the internet Talmud.

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky January 21, 2020August 17, 2022
Joe Biden, left, listens as Sen. Bernie Sanders makes a point during the Democratic presidential debate in Atlanta, Nov. 20, 2019. (JTA/Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Posted inThe Tell

Where the Democratic candidates stand on Iran; and other tidbits from the week’s political news

by Ron Kampeas and JTA January 17, 2020

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